How to work with others — what I learnt from watching D5 interview of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
I believe the two are honest and to the point when saying the single most important thing they should have learnt from each other. And here I’m going to talk about what Jobs wished he had learnt from Gates: work with others.
O. Maybe you want to stop me right here. Bill Gates working with others? Yeah. this is his working with others in action:
But, what I have to say is, in spite of brutal business strategy, when communicating with others, he’s always ready to give full recognition to other people’s good work, even for Jobs:)
Although known as “verbally combative”, he stated many times that he has the passion to work with smart people with different skill sets. And I did see proof of that in the way he communicates with people: he always put first priority to placing people at the right point for a bright future. And when it comes to give recognitions, he’s never too ready and sincere to do that.
When I compare this style to mine, I see a huge difference. Although not too “verbally combative”, the first thing I look at when listening to other people’s work is to find holes, draw backs. It’s good to point out those to people, but in order to work well with people, I find I have to have the passion to give proper recognition to others, either to those who at competing position. Maybe years of test based education put too much emphasis on being correct in my mind, that sometimes, in my subconscious, I forgot the ultimate goal is to find new solutions and get things done, and the shortest path to that is to motivate people around you and work together to that destination.
What a dangerous mistake!
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